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A wave of Power Shift events in Africa-Arab region
Climate leaders from Africa and Arab region during Global Power Shift Phase 1 in Istanbul After six months of intense preparations, consultations, drafting, coaching and submission and sometimes rewriting texts, Power Shift projects are getting started one after the other in Africa-Arab world. Two weeks back, team Gabon kicked off with a workshop on climate…... (More...)
February 19, 2014
Philippine-Canada Solidarity
The Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, 350 Pilipinas and Canada Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights are supporting TWO Pinoy Canadians on a journey to Powershift Pilipinas dubbed #SulongPH, a national climate convergence in Cebu City on March 26-29, 2014. After the Power Shift event they will continue for a community immersion in disaster-affected communities in the... (More...)
February 18, 2014
GPS brings fruit in Ukraine. Like, literally
“I move, therefore I am.” – Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 GPS Phase 2 in Ukraine is finished – the activists had their closing retreat in the mountains few days ago and are preparing for the next stage, which is a campaign for community-led climate solutions to start in spring. In this blogpost they have a look…... (More...)
February 12, 2014
The youth have spoken, and they’re ready to fight for the world they will inherit
After President Obama delivered his State of the Union Address last Tuesday, a powerful movement of young people delivered their own. They call for social justice and equality. Phil Agnew of the youth empowerment group, the Dream Defenders, delivered the 2014 State of the Youth address: “The only way that we can overcome the debilitating... (More...)
February 3, 2014
Mbemba, a brave fighter from Tamba
By Landry Ninteretse Mbemba Doucouré who recently passed away was a man of multiple hats: community leader and organizer, climate activist, accountant, parent, and close ally of many environmentalists in Senegal and beyond. Originally from Tambacounda, in the eastern part of Senegal, he attended high school Mame Cheikh Mbaye High School before continuing his economics studies at Cheikh…... (More...)
January 31, 2014
Unstoppable Philippe!
Who would have thought that a Power Shift is possible in a context as troubled and tense as the Central African Republic? Yet Philippe Junior Sibiro, environmental activist and 350.org organizer is determined to do so. With his colleagues gathered in the New Space for Development Partnership in Central Africa and in collaboration with other local…... (More...)
January 30, 2014
Help to Shift the Power in Ukraine
We are posting a message sent to us by a GPS organizer from Ukraine about the recent unrest and a plea to help Ukrainian people protect their freedom and basic human rights. Dear 350 team! As you know, people of Ukraine have been struggling on Euromaidan for democracy, human rights and freedom of speech for…... (More...)
January 24, 2014
Meet the new leaders of the climate movement in Bahrain
In June 2013, national coordinators of the Arab Youth Climate Movement’s Bahrain chapter, Tariq and Reem, went to the Global Power Shift summit in Istanbul, together with teams from 135 countries from around the world to share skills, ideas and strategise on how to scale-up the global climate movement. Tariq – a biomimicry expert who…... (More...)
January 21, 2014
Be part of the ray of hope (and stop Europe’s largest planned new coal plant)
Guest blog from Diana Maciąga, Global Power Shift participant and organiser for the Association Workshop for All Beings/StopEP campaign While the world begins to realise that complete withdrawal from dirty energies are the only way to stop further climate change, a new huge coal power plant is planned in the north of Poland. The pressure to... (More...)
January 15, 2014
2013: A Powerful Year – and there is still much more to come
Global Power Shift was still just a dream one year ago. It was in January of 2013 that the first physical meeting took place to discuss what GPS could and should look like. The basic vision and plan had been laid out, and over 5,000 people had applied to join the kick-off event in Istanbul,…... (More...)
January 3, 2014
Global Power Shift
Global Power Shift is the starting point for a new phase in the international climate movement. First, hundreds of climate leaders from around the world gathered in Istanbul to share stories, learn skills, and sharpen strategies. These leaders have now returned to their home countries to spark a wave of convergences, campaigns, and mobilisations for climate action.
